Joseph is running a study on people's perceptions of physical attractiveness.He presents two faces to participants and asks them to rate which face appears more attractive to them.
Face A is created by combining 32 faces,while face B is created by combining 8 faces.
Joseph will most likely find that participants view Face ________ more attractive because
Of the ________.

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A; mere exposure effectThe mere exposure effect suggests that people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them. In this case, Face A, being a composite of more faces, would likely appear more "average" and thus more familiar to participants, making it more attractive to them. This has nothing to do with the actor/observer bias, which involves attributions made about one's own versus others' behavior.

Joseph Is Running a Study on People's Perceptions of Physical